George Francis holds a PhD from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Hohenheim and has a decade of experience with international bioenergy projects. He is currently involved in long term projects in India, Kenya and Madagascar. He has long experience in the field of intercultural renewable energy projects, especially production and evaluation of biomass, including new feedstock for energy production. He has done feasibility studies, conceived projects, prepared detailed implementation plans, devised consortia for implementation, prepared training programmes for farming out and co-ordinated and managed bioenergy feedstock projects in different countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He has successfully acquired financing for such projects from public developmental banks and large corporates. He currently manages a microcredit supported pilot jatropha project in India and co-manages a pilot study on the feasibility of cassava production in Madagascar, both as bioenergy feedstocks. Additionally he is providing technical consultancy on bioenergy projects involving agricultural products, by-products and household wastes to a leading utility company in Germany. Dr. George Francis has several publications in refereed Journals and invited presentations at international fora to his credit.